#BC8DEF#BC8DEF

#BC8DEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.145 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DEF
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 41%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 36.51, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 56.22, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0838 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.146 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8407, 35.9733, 86.1732)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DEF #C0EF8D

analogous

#8D8FEF #BC8DEF #ED8DEF

triadic

#BC8DEF #EFBC8D #8DEFBC

tetradic

#BC8DEF #EF8D8F #C0EF8D #8DEFED

square

#BC8DEF #EF8D8F #C0EF8D #8DEFED

split-complementary

#BC8DEF #EFED8D #8FEF8D

monochromatic

#7D22E0 #9C57E7 #BC8DEF #DCC3F7 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC8DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC8DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DEF

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DEF	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76A0F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49DB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.145 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aff4',
    500: '#bc8def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8def;
$custom-light: #d2aff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DEF

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D80E77

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DEF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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